Occupational Safety and Health Act Article 36

(Ⅰ)The Central Competent Authority and labor inspection agencies may carry out inspections of places of duty of business entities. Those not conforming to regulations shall be informed of the provisions breached and notified to make improvements within a limited time period. Those failing to make improvements within the specified period of time, or have already had occupational accidents, or for which there is a concern of a potential for occupational accidents to occur may be notified to suspend all or part of their works. Laborers shall be paid their usual wages during the period of work stoppage.(Ⅱ)When necessary, business entities may request assistance from the central competent authority or consult with consulting services agency to provide professional and technical guidance in making the improvements set forth in the preceding paragraph.(Ⅲ)Regulations regarding the types, conditions, and scope of services of the consulting services agencies mentioned in the preceding paragraph, qualifications and job duties of consultants, procedures for approval, revocation, termination, and management thereof, and other binding matters to be complied with shall be stipulated by the Central Competent Authority.